What are the linguistic features of two-part allegorical sayings?

Pig eight quit to look in the mirror: not a person inside and outside.

Narcissus doesn't bloom: play dumb.

The dumb eats Huang Lian: You know what disease you have (or "you can't tell what disease you have").

There is also a homophonic two-part allegorical saying, which adds homophonic elements to the previous strong foundation. For example:

Nephew plays lanterns: the same as before (uncle)

Confucius was moved: I lost all my books.

Burning flagpole: long charcoal (sigh, enjoy it)

Close the knife in the cesspit: literature (smell) is not good, and martial arts (dance) is not good.

Here are some common two-part allegorical sayings:

The dumb eats Huang Lian: I can't tell you how difficult it is.

Scholar meets soldier: The reason is unknown.

Bachelor teaches boys: cheap and greedy.

Money for a bachelor: once lost, there is no turning back.

Blind people eat soup: know what they are.

Monk Zhang Er: I don't know.

Courtesy in return: shameless

Clay figurine opens the door: a man who lives his own life

Stealing the chicken and not eating the rice: after eating the rice, it didn't take advantage, but it suffered a loss.

Throwing bombs in the toilet: arousing people's feces (anger)

Death married a daughter: a ghost wanted it.

The following are common two-part allegorical sayings in Cantonese:

Cowhide lanterns: the focus is extremely unclear

Chopping wood under the bed: beating the board, that is, making trouble.

Wife's burden: Yin Gong, that is, pity.

Husband fanned the fan: bleak (wife is cold), just pitiful.

Cyclops's wife: Take a look at the sun.

Winter salted duck: get a word

Blowing up ghosts overnight: no anger

Sweet potato falls into air furnace: stew

Elemene in wet water: pumping water at both ends

Watermelon hits the dog: I didn't see it.

Open henhouse: enter by yourself

White eel on the beach: Dead or dead.

Burning flagpole: there is a long row of charcoal (sigh)

Chaozhou Music: Take care.

He wireless (wet cotton): No chance, just impeccable.

African monks: Begging people to hate (black monks) is annoying.

Fish people take a bath/fish people wash themselves: there is no breath.

Bow ruler: measure water

Aram marries Ali: Tired of fighting.

Too cm pork: everyone has a share.

New Year's Eve fried dumpling: Everyone has me.

Old mention and buried knot: count

Great Khan of Mongolia: Kublai Khan: I was beaten in the ass (suddenly = ass; Fierce = cracked)

Swallow gold to destroy the song dynasty (gold = money for food; Song =? ? = dish)

Drop the baggage and chat: two-part allegorical sayings

easy

Hanging grass on the corner: easy to carry.

Burning rush: a little.

Radish in the sand: I will come.

Pick up the money on the bed: don't bend over.

Two children are holding a pheasant feather: they can't get it off.

Bald man becoming a monk: no formalities.

Cutting tofu and selling meat: a cinch

Humpty Dumpty Bows: It's not difficult at first.

The lice on the monk's head: easy to catch

Licorice in the drugstore: just grab it.

Sailing with the current: effortless

Crane hangs chicken feathers: effortless

Earthworms eat dirt: just open your mouth.

Money in the yamen, a boat in the water: easy come.

Nose dripping into the mouth: homeopathy

General column in the mill: You can touch it at any time.

Minus the delay fee

Clapping hands requires two hands; It takes two hands to applaud.

A flea can't support a quilt: it's hard for a person to support it.

Everyone gets one: the only child.

Eating noodles with chopsticks: picky eaters.

A penny for a penny: nothing.

A piece of wet wood: it won't burn again.

A bowl of rice Baba: How many can there be?

One-legged snail: No skull

A basket of eggs rolled down the hill: none of them were good.

Boil porridge for 30 nights: not like Chinese New Year.

Three people have two beards: rare

Big-headed cat bows: tiger worship

Fishing on the plane: far from it

Repairer's furniture: broken copper and iron

Mushrooms on the mountain: single root

Rain in June: Once.

Tianguan's clothes: linen lining

Cowboy: Take your time.

The water crossing is pasted with couplets: the door is not high.

The cow stepped on the muddy road: the more it stepped on, the worse it got.

The lightning god has a runny nose: the bigger it is, the more sloppy it is.

Fishing net: full of holes.

If you have any questions, hand in your paper: the first draft (not good)

Maggots grow in wax gourd: rotten in the stomach

No one listened to what he said, and no one believed what he said: a man's army.

The old cow pulled the broken car: slow down.

Lao lang doing business: no good goods

The old woman drinks soybean milk: rotten (thin)

Watermelon skin clapping: not serious material.

After dinner, hurry up: it's getting dark.

Vertical house on the beach: poor foundation

Making tea in cold water: Take your time.

Grenade without fuse: a piece of scrap metal

Things in the tofu shop: vulnerable

Bean curd residue on board: not good goods

Rub sesame oil on your ass: it's not worth smelling.

Paper mending crotch: the worse you mend it, the worse it gets.

Clay figurines can't stand the rain: the essence is too bad

Toilet board is the ancestral card: improper material

Sharpen a gun at the cold feet: unhappiness is not just

The straw hat carries water: it drops down drop by drop.

Chop wood for sale, buy wood for burning: do all the work.

Furuncle of rat tail: not much bleeding (rest)

Flax embroidery: poor foundation

Maliushu Jieban: Not serious material.

Earthworms become jiaozi: the vertical change is not high.

Tailor Handsome Fu Bao Foot Cloth: Not a serious material.

Snail race: take your time

Calendar on the wall: less and less every day.

Choose melons in the basket: the more choices, the worse the situation.

Lazy woman delivering baby: take your time

Boiled yuanxiao in ink: black

Silver carp beard: Not much.

Frosted hemp leaves: withered

get angry

Three nostril eyes: Give me more breath.

Wearing a fur coat in June: getting angry inside and outside

The tortoise drilled into the fire kang: even holding his breath led to anger.

Gunpowder touching matches: what a big anger

Fart on the jar: hold your breath

Three of the four nostrils are rotten: one is left to vent.

Fermented flour: swelling

The old duck wants to sing: his voice is disappointing.

The mouse fell into the jar and glared.

Bought a jar and said, don't mention it

Zhang Fei wears a needle: big eyes and small eyes

Put a dry cage on your shoulder: brain fire.

Hug the bitch and give her the glad eye: turn your eyes over.

Meng Liang throws a gourd: it's on fire.

The barber said angrily, give up a few skulls.

Paste face: tight.

Sniff in front of the incense burner: throw a nose at it.

Borrowing rice to return chaff: expansion

It doesn't hurt to hit people with pig urine bubbles: it's a little swollen

Sieve cover pot: there are many air outlets.

Leaking whistle light: angry and silent

The fortune teller said angrily, give up a few lives, don't.

Break the paper lantern: there is fire in every eye.

The blind man cooks sugar: an old (annoying) fire

Toad at the foot of the bed: bulge your stomach.

Toad on steamer: bulging

Pig gritted his teeth: I hate monkeys.

fail

One careless step: all is lost

Millennium Journey: Ending with a stick

A wooden head thrown into the river: unsinkable (success)

Confucius' wallet: full of books (lost)

Confucius' Luggage: All Books (Lost)

Mao Ba's younger brother: Mao Jiu (risking being rescued)

Stone chimney: It won't work.

Grandma passed away. Baby: Dead uncle (hopeless)

The crib on the stage: Bucheng (failure)

Zhuhua: It's going to fail.

Scholar's room: full of books (lost)

Hold your head to drive away the mice: run around with your head held.

Property in the Library: All Books (Lost)

The bear was beaten: it was broken.

Nephew Dai Xiao hat: dead uncle (lost)

Soap bubbles: broken but not broken.

Sister Qiao's oily head: I'm finished combing (dropping).

Trains in Tangshan: Dumping coal (mildew)

The mouse gnawed at the cat's nose: I hope I can't wait until dawn.

Yellow mud falls into the crotch: it's not shit (death) but shit (death)

The thief ran into the study: all the books (lost)

Robbers go to court: every game will be lost

Robbers enter the school: all they encounter are books (lost)

Lame immediately on the battlefield: dead or alive

Xinhua Bookstore buys paper: Bao Shu (lost)

The mantis car is overbearing: it has no good end.

Unable to display

Corner boxing: can't escape

The big horse is tied to the door frame: where there is no strength.

Water falls into the well: there is no place for strength.

The big basket carries water: the strength is not good.

There is a boat on the shore: it can't hold on.

Buffalo eat live crabs: where there is no strength.

Writing with left hand: particularly awkward

Buffalo chasing rabbits: strength doesn't work.

Rowing in the gutter: it won't work.

Umbrella without skeleton: unable to support.

Fly a kite under the bed-no matter how high it is.

Practicing martial arts under the bed: I can't display it.

Boxing in the henhouse: a small gesture

Bath with chamber pot: I can't plop.

Flying a kite in the Woods: I'm stuck.

Kite in the house: It can't fly high.

Put your legs in your trouser legs: they can't be pushed off.

Monkey fist: small gesture

Hammer in the pot: Don't use force.

Make up for the omission

Tadpole said to toad, Take off your tail.

The arrow is on the string: I must send it out

A lame duck crossing the river: rowing alone

Rolling pin rolling meat: not bones

Cow hanging on the wall: No plough.

In front of the mirror opposite: You are you.

Crabs eat sorghum: climb the stalk.

Crab enters the mountain gate: catch the fairy

Mu Guiying goes into battle: a female general.

The shoulder pole on the forehead: pick the head

Seek truth from facts

Rolling in the clouds for a long time: I still have to land after all.

Flying a kite under the bed: flying is not high

Tower under the bed: the height is limited.

Scene on the weighing scale: You can distinguish between weight and weight.

Asako took the stage to speak: the views of the masses

Five pieces of clothes: ten pieces (practice)

What is the prescription for what is wrong: the right medicine.

Guan Gong's shop: authentic.

Cheng's axe: that's all.

Tofu is dusty: it can't be washed clean.

Pulling monkeys to smash: field test skills

Boxing under the table: can't you get up well

Tailor ruler: tailor-made

Fail to distinguish right from wrong

Seeing the beard is my grandfather: I can't tell the difference between true and false.

It's hard to say that the public is right and the woman is right.

Milk mixed with ink: confusing black and white

Fighting on the stage: I don't know if it's true or not

Two dumb people quarreled: I don't know who is right or wrong.

Fishing in the river: the size is hard to say.

Fried cucumber with eggplant: no difference

Dogs eat pig manure: good or bad?

Buying cattle across the mountain: I don't know black and white

Reading for the blind: unclear views

lose

Kill a fly with one shot: gunpowder money is not enough

Jiang Gan in the Three Kingdoms: Mistaken by mistake.

Eating melon seeds in the toilet: less in and more out.

Burning a fur coat for a louse: not worth it.

Drying soybeans on the tile: nine times out of ten.

Tortoise eats barley: spoiling food

Marriage in Soochow: There is only one loss.

Meat buns hit dogs: there is no return.

Catch sesame seeds and throw watermelon: penny wise and pound foolish.

Tofu dishes become meat prices: they will not melt.

Take the lime road: a trip for nothing

Mud cattle into the sea: there is no return.

Fried onion with leek: useless

Zhou Lang's coup: bereavement of wife and soldiers.

Lay down your life for the river: not worth it.

Digging for flesh to mend sores: it won't melt.

Hit the donkey with a poker: there is still half left.

The mouse got into the book box: eat (eat) the book.

Stealing chickens and not eating rice.

Take off your clothes to keep warm: do something wrong

Monkey pulls corn: pull one and throw one.

Monkeys look at the orchard: the more they look, the less they look.

Blind people playing lanterns: wasting wax

Breaking jars to make tiles: not cost-effective

A mouse hole-not enough to fill.

covet

Eat twelve steamed buns in one bite-what an appetite.

Swallow three steamed buns in one gulp: greedy can't eat more.

Pancake cart: more greedy.

Little bald head takes off his hat: his head lights up (picture name)

The child cries: get an integer

I also want to see the shroud: the ghost of greed

I don't want to be an official if I have enough to eat and wear warm clothes. If you get the emperor, you want to live forever: greed is insatiable.

If you have one blessing, you will think of two blessings. If you have meat, you will hate tofu: insatiable greed.

Misers receive too little money every day: not enough.

Sitting in a chair and shouting orders: enjoy yourself.

Doctors Open Coffin Shop: Die for Money

Jump into the well with the gold ingot in your arms: give up your life, not your wealth.

Pencroft talks in his sleep: Too many stalls are paved (greed).

Dogs eat cow shit: there is more soil.

Greedy ghost goes to eat: not full

Rebellious monkeys climb cherry trees: rough people eat flour and rice.

The dung beetle enters the badger's cave: drill the gate.

Sharpen the skull: get in

Hungry people eat a few melon seeds: not enough.

Yellow River Rusi: How thoughtful!

Eyes are born on the forehead: so high

Cat pillow fish head: pound it twice if you don't eat it.

Dream of being an emperor: big heart

Long life: insatiable greed

Greedy ghosts rob raw meat: more than one can chew.

Sleep in the coffin and reach out: die for money

Outstanding, outstanding

Bald men in the crowd: conspicuous heads

Vest on jacket: a set (check) outside.

Early olives: rotten first

The white crane stands in the flock: it stands out from the crowd.

Elephants in the flock: protruding

Elephant among rabbits: a monster

Bright star: conspicuous

Broken gloves: They are pointed.

The table is covered with a cow's back: emerge.

The head horn on the skull: inconsistent with others

Blind Smoking: Touching Lights (Modern)

Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden: dazzling.

ask for trouble

Eating lotus root with chopsticks: picky eaters.

Jump on the wall: jump high

June fans: Love gives birth to wind.

Six fingers scratching the skull: everything is in front of you.

Pervasive: taking advantage of loopholes

Woodworking saw: many sharp points

Meet the train: derailment (ghost)

Dongyue Temple to Chenghuang Temple: Hengshun is a ghost.

Crazy monkey: jumping up and down

Celebrating Father's Immortality: Lunan is not finished.

Rice screen door: many eyes

Kill a chicken with a knife: make a mountain out of a molehill

No rules: no Fiona Fang.

Finding bones in tofu: deliberately picky

Chicken drilling: drilling eggs

Kill a chicken with a knife: make a mountain out of a molehill

Find fault in an egg: find fault.

The drummer rushed to the scene: to make trouble.

Singing in a chaotic cemetery: haunted

Juggling in the belly: a lot of whimsy

Rosin gypsum: finding fault

Flag in the toilet: maggots want to resist, too.

Dog bites tripterygium wilfordii: it's a disaster

Rotten bags of filtered tofu: full of dregs (dregs)

Want the rooster lay eggs: Deliberately making things difficult.

Dung beetles move: don't shit (points)

Hang a needle on your eyebrows: prick your eyes

Good companion when picking up snails: Don't mix the water.

The flute in the troupe: more thoughtful.

When the fan shakes, it produces wind (deliberately making trouble)

Plant a thorn on the side of your eye: pierce it.

Wild bees fly into fishing nets: looking for loopholes

The wild cat came into the room: nothing came.